Stupid Howard Dean quote

[The diplomat]

On Chris Matthew's Hardball, Dean was asked how he would deal with Iran.

“Iran is a more complex problem because the problem is not as clearly verifiable as it is in North Korea. Also, we have less - fewer levers. The key, I believe, to Iran is pressure through the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is supplying much of the equipment that Iran, I believe, most likely is using to set itself along the path of developing nuclear weapons. We need to use that leverage with the Soviet Union and it may require us buying the equipment the Soviet Union was ultimately going to sell to Iran to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons."

This obviously was intentional since he used the word 4 times in the same quote. Doesn't Dean know the Soviet Union collapsed more than 10 years ago?

[Nubclear]

Sigh. Billy boy of Fox News did the same thing a few months ago.

[Ramo]

And of course it isn't a possibility in the least that he neglected to say "former."

[Imran Siddiqui]

And of course it isn't a possibility in the least that he neglected to say "former."

If Bush gets slammed for his verbal gaffes, so should Dean.

[Ramo]

But this is a retarded idea of a verbal gaffe. I mean, honestly, is there nothing better than this in the many, many speeches he's made (he's not a very smooth speaker particularly on TV, so he can get pretty bad).

[Verto]

Originally posted by Ramo
But this is a retarded idea of a verbal gaffe.

We take what we can get.

[mrmitchell]

What's wrong with Soviet Union? Huh?

What? Really? When did that happen? Gosh, I need to keep up with the news more.

[Monk]

I'll admit any day that I know next to nothing about Dean, but it's bordering on ridiculous to suggest a man skilled enough to be where Dean is today would somehow be unaware the Soviet Union broke down. You'll have to dig up something better than this, guys, and I'm sure you will as the election approaches.

[Caligastia]

Wishful thinking on his part no doubt.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'll admit any day that I know next to nothing about Dean, but it's bordering on ridiculous to suggest a man skilled enough to be where Dean is today would somehow be unaware the Soviet Union broke down.

It didn't stop the Bush bashers (not on the USSR, per say, but other countries)... still doesn't actually.

[Ben Kenobi]

Can you smell double standard?

[The diplomat]

funny how when Bush makes an innocent slip of the tongue, the Bush bashers are quick to tear him apart, but when Dean makes a serious geopolitical blunder, it is "no big deal".

[Monk]

The diplomat,

I whole-heartedly agree on your point that we ought to judge our politicians by the same standard no matter our political preferences. That's my problem with your thread.

[Q Classic]

the soviet union? but we thought you were dead!

that's what we wanted you to think.

(grass rolls away, berlin wall pops up)
(secret doors open in red square, and soviet troops march out in formation)
(lenin breaks out of his case)

must crush kepitalism.

[Sava]

yeah I was watching that...

but Dean is still a great guy, and if there's a God in heaven, he'll be our next president...